Apparatus for screening sewage and other flowing matter.



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' Patented 001;. 25, 1910.

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UNITED ra um. OFFICE.

CLYDE POTTS, OF MOBRISTQWN, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR SCREENING SEWAGE AND OTHER FLOWING MATTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CLYDE Po'r'rs, a'citizen of the United States, and a resident of Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of Xew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Imprmements in Apparatusbetween the septic tank and contact-beds or. filter-beds, as the case may be, and used for screening tbesewage on its flow from said tank to said beds. The sereen is of endless character and when in use is caused to 'constantly move across the path of the flowing sewage so that the latter on.its travel to the beds iscompelled to pass through the screen. and said screen is composed of sections "which as they in succession ascend from the sewageand reach a proper location are. due to the construction and arrangement presented. :nltomat'ically jarred to cause the solid matter to falttherefrom into a suit said receptacle 'n'et'erably being a bag which upon becoming full may be thrown into a furnace and incinerated.

and thereafter passin to the path of the fiowing sewage to-perfornrtheir duty in screening the same. also prov de means for auto- Speciflcatlon of Letters liatont. .Patented ()ct. Application filed May 27, 1910. than no mam.

: ing the screen-section as composed of bars 1 instead ofi wi e 3 to limitthe invention to any particular trade wastes and hence do not limit the same to processes involving the treatment of sewage alone.

The invention and satisfactory means for carryin the same into effect will .be understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being bad to the accompanying drawin s, in which: Figure 1 is a centra vertical longitudina section of an apparatus embodying my invention, the screen-sections being shown in edge elevation; Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of one of the screen sections and illns-' hates the connection of the same with the endless chain carrying said sections; Fig. 3 is an edge viewof the same, omitting the connections of the section with the chain; Fig. 4 is a central vertical transverse section through the same. with the connections of the same to the chain shown: Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same taken from the right band edge of Fig; -t' or thelower edge of Fig. 2: and Fight) is a view corresponding \vIth Fig. :2 but on a smaller scale and showmesll. it not being intended character of screen-material. since either em )loyedL u the drawings 'ltlf'designates an el.on-

y g gated tank through whicli'\tl\e low of sewable receptacle placed to receive the Samar:

The screcn-scc l 'tions, one after another. thus automatically become cleaned or freed from solid matter matically varving the speed of travel of the 5 screen across the path of the flowing sewage in accordance withthe ipiai'itity of sus' pended matter carriedin the-liquidor, Icon--- sequent-ly,t-he work to heperformed by the screen, it being d esira-ble -t-hat the screen should travel more rapidly in instances in which there may be'an exc'essile, quantity of solidmatter contained 'in the flowing sew I a .t

Wfiile-Ilmve perfected my in vention for age or other liquid takes pl-acetfll a pipe dircctmg thc liqu d into said tank and which may lead from a septic-tank. not show-mat I sewage-1s under treatment; 12 the out-flow pipe from said tank lO and which may lead to a dist'riliutinn apparatus of the character,

for example, villustrated in Letters Patent- No. 935.231 granted to me September 28, 1909for delivery to contact beds or beds of the character, for illustratiomshown in Letters Patent No. 955.683Qgra1ited to me April. 19, 1910; 13 an"endlesssprocketcl aji'n' carr ing screemsectionsfl hinged atone edge thereto; 15 a motor for driving sald endless chain; 16 a eontrollerof usual charr,

acter operable bya float 1'7 for varying I speed of said; motor and consequently ofthe travel of said chain; 18 a rigid bar or blocl t' agalnst wlnch the screen-sectlons are 1n succession afterascending through the sewage use in the-treatment ofisewage, I am aware a caused to strike for jarring the solid or non-- liq'uid matter therefrom; 19 a removable bag or other suitable receptacle placed to rcthe p 'ceive the solid matter {erred from-the screen,- sections, and 20 a atform'covermg over theim-ajor- ,r'tio'n the tank 10.

' f The tan 10 may 8 the inlet and outlet pipes 11, 12 are located suitably .above the bottom thereof and prefeiaBl'f in line with 'each other, as shown.

The ength of thetank 10.1nay vary considerabl'y but its width should correspond substantiall or as nearly as may be with the width 0 thesc'reen-sections 14 so that the flow from the inlet pipell to the outlet pipe The screen-sections 14 correspond with pneanotl'ier in size and construction and ;e'achy.co1nprises arectangular frame 27 to which the w'nc orscreenin'g mesh is secured 39' and which at-i-ts lower end curves outwardly, fats at 9, for the purpose of increasing the utility of the screen and of facilitating the cleaning] of the same, as hereinafter deescribed. The frame 27 will be of metal and itmay be. an integral casting or made up of separate pieces of metal secured together, the main purpose being to secure strength and durability a-swell as eifectiveness. 1 the opposite sides of the'up'per end. of each 40 ofthe screen-frame and are apertnred to j ass upon the pintles1-126 formed at the ends of the -bar 25, as more clearly ingedly connect the. screen sections with the sprocket- Jain '13. The relation of the screen-sections 14 to one another and to 'the f 'chain"-l3 is illustrated in Fig. 1 in which it will-be seen that said screensectio-ns at'the "upper si'de'or reach of the chain completely ;;cover the same and form in effect a con tinuous upwardly traveling screening surface, The-screen -sect ons, when at the lower side or 'rea'chfofthe chainhang' downward-1y free of each other,--this being due to the fact that the chain is inclined.'- Thefscrcens are cofsubstairtiallythe sa'n'iewidthas the tank.

:lOTand therefore, the liquid fio'wingithrougli I ell-and tank 10 must necessarily [pass t y upwardly on and with I :side of the chain 13, the solider suspended iinatter in the liquid being arrested by the screens and the liquid passing to. the outlet be made of concrete and them and, arrestingon their surfaces which screen-section Hare secured bars 28 'jhaving v 7 shown in Fig.- .The bars 28; with the 'pintl'es 26 serve to rough the. screen-sections. traveling the upper reach orv -more'rapid'ly 12.- As the screen-sections l-t are carried around the sprocket-wheels 22, they grad ually and'natnraily take a position inline' w'ithand lie against the upper side of the chain, and a! said screen-sections reach the upper sprocket-wheels 21 and are carried over the same, they, one after another,-fall or are thrown against the block 18', as indicated in Fig. 1, the outer curved end of the screen-frame strikin the block and at such time the surface 0 the screen which had collected the solid matter on its upward travel through the liquid, being faced downwardly. The blow of the screen-section against the block 18 is provided for the very important purpose of jarring-the solid matter from the face. of the screen, softha't whep the section again enters the liquid it may be clean and in proper conditiondo perform its duty. Theblow of the screenscction against the block 18 jars the entire. screen-section, \with the result that the solid matter-that had been collected thereby will fall therefrom into. a hopper '29 and pass thence to the receptacle 19. The chain 1?: has a continuous travel and hence the screen sections are, one after, another, caused to strike .the block 18 and become thoreb I cleaned, I. provide adjacent to each end of the block. 18' a guide 30 along which the screen-sections they leave .the block 1.8 may drag and which holds said sections 'ci ear of the hopper 29. The guides 30 are'bars defining an outline within which the upper, portion of the hopper 29 is located and which bars are so shaped'as to compel the screen sections after leaving the block .18to

fold upwardly to'some extent and travel in that condition beyond the neighborhood of the hopper '29. hen the; screen-sections 3O they swing downwardly into vertical position, as will be understood byreference to Fig. '1. The receptacle 1%) which receives the solid matter from the, screen sectionsis vintended to be removable so that when filled-it may be tak n away and another receptacle substituted.

The shaft 23 is the driving shaft for the sprocket wheels 21 and chain 13 and said shaft preferably receives its motion from the electric motor 15 through a shaft-3 1, worm 32 and worm wheel '33, the'latter being rigid on the shaft'23 and being engaged by the :worm 32 ,on the shaft 31, which isdriven from the motor 15. The speedof travelof the chain "13 and screen sections Mshbuld vary in accordance with the condition of the sew-age or. other matter passing tlirouglrtlie tank 10. If'the sewage-should contain a large 'quantityof suspended matter to be removed the chain13 should be driven than if-the sewage contained a small amount of suspended matter, since when, the sewage is thick or contains a large quantity of solids vor matter in suspension, a

by the screens,

cally greater duty is imposed on the screen and its surfaces should be cleaned and re-present'cd for action with some degree of rapidity. hen the sewage contains mat-terin suspension to a greater degree than usual or normal, the liquid will not pass through the screens so readily and will, as a consequence, back up in the tank 10 at the upper side of the travelin screen, and I utilize this condition of a airs as a means for automatigoverning the speed with which the chain 13 shall travel by providing the float 17-connected with the arm of-the controller 16. Under normal conditions the float will remain at thepredetermined level of thechain then traveling at its predetermined normal rate or speed. In the event, however, of sewage of thicker nature enteringthe tank and meeting the resistance to its" flow offered by the screen sections 1:4, the .level of sewage in the tank at the upper side 'of the screen will rise and cause the float 17 to move upwardly, with ,the result that the rod 34 of the float will move the arm 35 of the controller. to a position to increase the speed of the motor 15 and consequently the speed of travel of the chain 13. The travel of the chain 13 thus automatically governed by the nature or condition of the liquid flowing through the tank 10.

There is ordinarily "cry little loss of head or fall inthe sewage passing through the tank 10, and he-nce I- am enabled to employ the float 17 as a part of a' governor for speeding up' the traveling screen when sewage backs up on the upper or operating side of the same.

The curved ends 9 on the screen sections serve, durin the operation of the apparatus, to retard the downward passage of solid or semi-solid matter from the screensections and increase the capacity of the sections for performin the duty required of them, and Said curve ends 9 strike the block 18 when the screen sections pass over the u )per sprocket wheels 21 and take the direct orce I bfthe blow with less damage to saidsections than might be caused if the outer ends of details of form, arran ement and construction that I have herein fore described, nor do I.confine the invention to therdriving of the traveling sectional screen from an'electric motor.

I have. described and in the drawings shown the most desirable construction known extent'witl'iout dcpartinIg claim.-

my invention, which I \Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. Screening apparatus interposed in the path of a flowing stream and extending without the same and occupying substantially the Width of the channel for such flow, comprising a traveling sectional screencomposed of an endless carrier and a series of successive screen-sections hinged at one .ed e thereto and adapted to swing outward? therefrom as theysuccessively pass a definite location without the stream, means for driving said carrier. and means forjarring the successive individual screen-sections after they leave the stream and while they are turned outwardly from said carrier, for removing the collected matter from said sec tions; substantially. as set forth. a

tially the width of the chaiinel for such flow,

comprising a traveling sectional screen composed of an endless carrier and a series-oi successive screen-sections hinged at one edge thereto and adapted to swing outwardly therefrom as they successively pass a definite location without the stream, means 'for driving said carrier, and means for jarring the successive indi'vidual screen-sections after they leave ,the. stream and while they are turned outwardly from said carrier, for removing the collected matter from said sec tions combined with mea-ns for automatically varying the speed of travel of the screen by and in accordance with the quantity of suspended matter in the stream.

3. Screening apparatus interposed in the path of a flowing stream and eiitcnding without the same and occupyi s'l'lbstan- 1'10 tiallv the width of the channelpfor such flow, comprising a tra'velingsectional screeman endless carrier to which 'the'screen-sections are hinged atthei'r upper ends, upper and lower, supports for said carrier, means for driving the carrier, and a block against which the screen-sections strike as they successively pass over the upper support and are thereby reversed, for the purpose of jarring the collected matter therefrom 4. Screening apparatus interposed in the path of a flowing stream and extending without the same and occupying substan-. tially the width of the channel for such flow, comprising a traveling sectional screen, an 125 endless carrier to which the screen-sections are hinged at their upper ends, upper and lower. supports for said carrier, means for driving the carrier, and a block against to me for the entire apparatus, but I am which the screen-sections strike as they suc- 13o 'tions are l iinged' at their upper ends, upper and lower supports for said ('zll'llt.l' ineansr.."-'clniin. means for driving said chain,-and a block against which cessively pass over the 11 per support and are thereby reversed, for the purpose of jarring the collected matter therefrom, said screen-sections having outwardly curved 1 lower ends.

5. Screening apparatus interposed in the path of a flowing stream and extending without the same and occupying substantially the width of the channel for suchflow, comprising a traveling sectional screen, an endless carrier to which the screen-sections are hinged at their upper ends, upper and lower supports for said carrier, means for driving the carrier, and a block against which the screen-sections strike as they successively pass over the upper support and are thereby reversed, for the purpose of. jarring the collected matter therefrom, combined with means for automatically vary ing the speed of travel of said carrier in ac cordance with the quantity of suspended matter in the stream.

0. Screening apparatus interposed in the path of a flowing stream and extending without the same and occupying substantially the width of the channel for such flow, comprisingga traveli'ii'g'se'c'tional screen, an endless ci'ir'r'i'er to which-the screen-secfor driving the carrier. a block -against which the screen-sections strike as they'successively )assover the upper support and are there y reversed. for the purpose of jarring the collected matter therefrom,- means adjacent to said block for receiving the matter jarred from the screens, --and a guide for the screen-sections as they leave said block for directing them to avoid contact with said receiving means.

7. Ap ai'atus for screening suspended matter min a flowing stream, comprising a tank havingan inlet and an outlet for the flo'wing stream, an inclined traveling sectionnl screen .within and extending above said tank and occupying substantially the width of the tank so as to intercept the stream, an endless carrier to which the screen-sections are hinged at their upper ends, upper and lower supports for said carrier, means for driving the carrier, a block against which the screen-sections strike as t-hey successively pass over the upper support and are thereby reversed, for the purpose of fjlarring the collected matter therefrom, a oat at the upper side of the screen,

and means connected with said. float and the driving means for varying the speed of the latter with variations in the level of the liquid at the upper side of the screen.

8. Ap aratus. for screening suspended matter rom a flowing stream, comprising a tank having an inlet and an outlet for the flowing stream, an inclined traveling sectional screen within and extending above said tank and occupying substantially the width of thetank so as to intercept the stream, an endless chain to which the screensections are hinged at their upper ends, up

per and lower sprocket-wheels for said chain, means for driving said chain, and a block against which the screen-sections strike as they successively pass over the upper sprocket-ivl1eels and become reversed thereby, for the purpose of jarring the collccted matter from said sections,

5). Apparatus for screening suspended matter from a flowing stream, comprising at. ank having an inlet and an outlet for the flowing stream, an inclined traveling sectional screen within and extending above said tank and occupying substantially the width of the tank so as to intercept the stream, an endless chain towhich the screensections are hinged at their upper ends, lip-- per and lower sprocket wheels for. said path of a flowing stream :Il1(. extending without the same and occupying substam, tialty the-width of the channel for such-flow so as to intercept the stream, comprising an inclined endless traveling screen, means for driving the same, a, float in the-stream in 4 advance of the screen, and means connected with said float and the driving means .for

varying the speed of the latter with varia-' tions in the level of the liquid at the upper side'of the screen' v I Signed at New York city, in the'count of New York and State of New York, this 25th day of May-A. D. 'l910.

CLYDE POTTS.

"itnesses:

'Airriiun Maiiiox,

()ims. C, GILL. 

